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Here is a shot of the flyer that went out with the program picturing the Kendrick Collection. The Wagner was not there, but pretty much everything else was.
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What amazing collectibles, art, automobiles, properties, planes, food, clothing and other items that carry price tags can simply be purchased with money? When did this happen? I’m noticing a trend here it seems people of significant net worth are able to build massive collections. Even in some cases the world is better for it because these folks leave these collections to open or seed great museums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Johnston http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.co...rt-collection/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phillips_Collection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lang_Freer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lehman http://www.ralphlaurencarcollection.com/ http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/ http://www.pcgs.com/News/The-Eliasberg-Collection/ They probably leave the stuff because it wasn’t anything special they did. After all they only did it because they had money… Last edited by wonkaticket; 08-05-2013 at 01:48 AM. |
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I consider this more of a portfolio than a collection. I agree that there's nothing terribly impressive here. The rarity with his hoard lies in the condition and not the cards themselves. This guy is an investor who happens to have a fetish for baseball cards....not a collector.
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I often wonder if many of the folks who stand on this soapbox about ”is he a real collector?” would have such an opinion one way or the other if it was their Gem Mint 52 Topps Mantle on the auction block for sale? Would they stop the sale, or only let “qualified” collectors bid on the card? I get it, it’s a bonus if the guy digs the stuff you have common ground with somebody. But the real common ground is somebody is putting money into the hobby of which we all have a vested interest in to some degree shouldn’t that be enough? |
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You are overanalyzing it. nobody said he was a jerk but he didnt do anything particularly difficult. Last edited by travrosty; 08-05-2013 at 12:55 AM. |
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Mr. Kendrick isn’t claiming to have cured cancer. He’s just showing off his collection which everyone on this forum does to a degree. Have any of us really done anything amazing? I mean how do you buy your baseball cards? Do you do it by hanging from a wire over a pit of cobras, while saving children from a burning bus and reading to the homeless? We all collect on some sort of budget, and buy from pretty much the same places it’s all relative. Last edited by wonkaticket; 08-05-2013 at 01:50 AM. |
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I'm not sure I understand. Would the homeless guys be in the pit with the cobras?
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All of my baseball cards are organic and come from a fair economy. Plus, for every card I buy, a starving child gets one card for his collection.
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How difficult is it for somebody to sit in front of a computer at two o'clock in the morning, press a few buttons, and then write a big check in the morning? Doesn't seem like what Mr. Kendrick does is any more or less impressive than what any other collector does. If you have a lot of money the hobby is very easy to navigate.
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Just a couple of observations. A friend of mine and I attended The National two years ago in Chicago. That was the first National that both of us attended. Like 2011, Sunday was the only day that we could attend the show so this is the basis for our observations.
I thought that the attendance was higher this year and that there were more dealers. As a rule, we thought that the dealers whom had price tags on the front of their cards were easier to negotiate. Not all, but some dealers who did not have price tags on their cards seemed like we were bothering them when we inquired about the price of a card. Compered to 2011, I thought that there were a lot more newer cards on display. Maybe that was because I started out only looking for vintage cards. There were a couple of dealer tables in the Olympic Pavilion that were very cool! One dealer displayed an Olympic medal from the 1960 Rome games that was amazing. As usual, the show is/was amazing and we will be back the next time The National is in Chicago! |
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It seems like more so than in previous years, people made note of the number of kids in the crowd. Did you all find that there were more kids/teenagers this year?
I'm wondering if it is because many of those that got into the hobby in the 80s are starting to have kids, and getting them involved in the hobby?
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Legendary had their next batch of e107s that were going up for auction next. 12-14 cards or so, they all looked nice including the HOFers but you couldn't see the backs of course. Others than that I saw a couple beat to sh!t e107s, but slim pickins as usual.
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I saw a lot of great items throughout the show although I think the most impressive piece was Joe T's Shadow Box with single signed baseball of the original 5 members of the baseball hall of fame.
Probably something I will never see again.
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That's part of what Travis is missing. Some people assume that such people all of a sudden get stupid once they have money, and just start spending whatever it takes to get whatever they want. Only professional football players do that.
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Kendrick is a passionate collector, no doubt. The fact he has the resources to acquire great cards is not of concern to me. More power to him.
Also, most of us that have been collecting for 10+ years have collections that can't just be bought. It takes time, energy AND money. I doubt anyone, with any size pocketbook, could go out and buy Wonkas (hi John) collection by just writing a check, unless he is willing to sell it. And I am quite sure they couldn't buy a collection like mine either, if I wasn't selling it. The National was great overall and I will probably give some more thoughts on it over the next few days.
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but thats the point, you probably COULD get a collection like kendricks, minus the wagner, if it's even legit, - because these high grade REGULAR cards come up for auction occasionally to regularly , (dmitri young collection), that was the only point I was making. i know you think i am not right, well, we disagree, the high grade Goduey lajoie comes up at auction and kendrick could buy it, big deal. What's to search? They come to you. Last edited by travrosty; 08-05-2013 at 10:33 AM. |
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I don’t believe the Kendrick issue is necessarily one of wealth. While some claim that the have-nots should fully appreciate how the haves got where they are, that doesn’t mean all that much here, at least to me. I like Ken Kendrick–he is the owner of my local team who gives a lot to the fans and the community. His only grievous mistake this year is not using his supreme power to fire Matt Williams as third-base coach.
Still, I can agree with those who state that they are not wholly impressed with Kendrick’s collection, at least that part of it that was on display. It is impressive as a portfolio, no doubt, and as long as he’s happy with it, more power to him. However, I still see the argument that it does not contain anything particularly scarce, other than for being consistently high grade, which itself is largely a non-factor to many collectors. I am more impressed by the E107 set that was put together, for example. Although I do not collect T206, I can even appreciate a player back run or a nice grouping of scarce backs–something that almost certainly took a great deal of time and effort to accumulate regardless of cost. These things resonate more with me as a collector than the mere acquisition of pieces that appear for sale with some regularity. Again, I don’t doubt Kendrick’s passion for the game and I think it’s extremely cool that he is a fellow collector, but I would much rather hear him talk of how hard it was to find that ‘14 CJ Pratt in nice shape, or how he’s still hunting for six more Carolina Brights commons to complete that back sub-set/set. Maybe a story about how he always liked that ‘54 Topps O’Brien brothers card or shunned buying Connie Mack All-Stars because they weren’t as nice as those Red backs in 1951. While a sterile display case can only convey so much of a person’s hobby involvement, I can’t help but believe that those kinds of intangibles would turn just as many heads.
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Not a whole lot different than any one of us writing a big check for a card, relative to our incomes. I agree with the others who are only impressed by quality of the cards themselves not the value or the ability of the owner to purchase them.
Having said that, if the guy is a true collector the only difference between him and myself for example is the means to purchase extremely high graded copies and the rarest of the rare cards that are out of reach to the average collector. Hell, if I had the funds, I'd own them too so I don't disrespect him for doing it if he truly loves the hobby. |
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I am not now, nor am I ever looking to start or enter an argument on this board, nor am I trying to "vilify" success. That is ridiculous. All I meant was that I am way more impressed by collections I have seen on this board (most certainly including yours) than I am by a bunch of PSA 10 RCs. I obviuosly touched a nerve, but forgive me if my idea of a collector is different than yours.
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Maybe Mr. Kendrick is collecting exactly what he wants to collect. Maybe an E107 or a T206 with Drum back are of no interest to him, but he absolutely loves his PSA 10 1952 Mantle. Maybe he finds Drum backs boring. Who knows.
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It's all relative...People collect what they like and can afford. That said his collection IMO is boring as I much prefer to see collections that have real rarity over condition rarity. And there is an argument to be made that it was no real feat for him to put the displayed collection together. All it took was money, and every single one of us here could put that collection together with very little effort if we had his money. It's an impressive array of cards to be sure, but my guess is that it took less effort than pretty much every Net54er puts into his own collection.
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For some reason, there is a real bias against wealthy collectors on this board. Sure, Kendrick is wealthy, but there is a lot of other things that he could have chosen to spend his money on. From what I've read, it seems like he genuinely enjoys collecting cards. What's wrong w/ that? Some people may say that he's only looking at it as an investment, but I thought that I read somewhere that he said he doesn't plan on selling any of the cards he's purchased in the past. It's a pretty rare investor that says that I have 1000 shares of Apple stock that I never plan on selling, but I just want to display the certificates in my office to look at every day. Another criticism is that he displays his collection so much, he's obviously bragging about it. So what? It's nice to see the cards of wealthy or long time collectors. I wish that the owner of the T215 Pirates near set would display his collection at National someday. It'd be nice to see the Just So Cy Young at some event. There are plenty of iconic cards in the hobby that I wish their owners would display more often, so I don't think Kendrick deserves the backlash for showing his collection.
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How so? What have you seen that brings you to that conclusion? There may be a bias against jerks and trolls, but I don't see what you're seeing at all. There are many obviously wealthy collectors on this forum who seem to be getting along fine here with everyone.
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I don't think people are having bias against the wealthy, I think the fact that Kendrick has the highest graded versions of the same generic cards that everyone else has (minus Wagner and a few others) is the reason some aren't that impressed.
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So if a collector prefers a 52 Mantle or the like to a CJ Pratt or other rare, relative common, then he's not a "collector?" Says who-- maybe I missed the memo that specified what cards constitute a collection over a mere portfolio.
If I track down a Frederick Foto Ruth I guess I'm a collector-- but if I add a PSA 9 Schmidt or PSA 10 Brett, where do I go to forfeit my collector badge? Some guys like both cards that are tough in any grade and cards that are just pricey in higher grade. Some guys enjoy spending money on a common player that other guys would have trashed right out of the pack. Some guys collect plastic holders and grades and don't compare the cards within said holders, just choosing the uglier yet higher graded specimen. Some guys will only buy from one TPG and blind themselves to great cards. Some collect to compete with other collectors over arbitrary GPAs of sets on a website. Some like to buy unopened. Some like freakish errors even if the player featured was a scrub. Some just like the most popular images of the most accomplished players ever. Some of that seems very silly and foolish to me, some is the way I go, but I say live (collect) and let live (collect). If a guy is happy no need to rain on any parades. Almost always, there will be others out there somewhere who likes what another guy likes, so there will be a group of some size to appreciate any card and make a market for it. Above all I'd hazard the opinion that collectors of cards-- no matter what cards-- have more in common than not, and should therefore be collegial toward one another as opposed to catty (like chicks). Reminds me of how silly it seems when sports fans of rival teams pummel each other in a brawl; meanwhile these combatants are probably both passionate fans of their sport, and would likely help each other if caught in some crisis. But perhaps that's the human condition, to look for reasons to divide rather than come together. Hence my constant, raging misanthropy
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And you know this how? Maybe he's collecting his favorite cards in the best condition he can find...nobody here knows his motive for collecting. The guy can afford to best so he buys the best.
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To Gary's point, as I recall Jim Crandell got a lot of grief for not being a "true collector" despite his 20,000+ cards because he collected high grade ones.
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Jim Crandell got a lot of grief for a lot of things and deservedly so for many of them...I don't agree that he is not a true collector though, his passion for collecting is pretty obvious. I think there is some bias against the registry guys because a lot of people don't view collecting as a competition. I still don't think it has anything to do with their wealth.
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If he has the money, then I say by all means get the cards he enjoys. I don't see why so much animosity/hate is being directed at Kendrick. To me, it seems like there is some serious envy going on here.
In all reality, how do you know that all he has are those generic cards? TBH, I can understand him and ML displaying those cards because they are the most widely recognizable. Someone who doesn't know pre-war that well is not going to stop in awe at an unrecognized card. They want to see the Ruth, the Joe Jackson, the t206s. Sure, they could have mixed in a few oddball issues, but how do you know ML didn't come out and say, we'd like to display these specific cards? Generic or not, I'd love to own a '52 Mantle, a Ruth RC, a t206 Plank, etc.
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I never said Kendrick was not a collector. I couldn't care less if he collected 1889 Old Judge or 1989 Donruss. As I stated, more power to him, particularly if it gives him satisfaction. He can call himself a collector all day every day for all I care.
By the same token, I do not have to be impressed at all by his collection, much less to the same degree as someone else. It is nice and I am somewhat impressed, but points about it containing no real scarcities other than through high-grade are valid. Such points are made all the time on this forum--some just couldn't care less about the slabbed grade and/or aren't impressed by what they consider mainstream sets/cards. C'est la vie and to each his own. To turn this into a discussion about how some are just jealous of other's money misses the mark, IMO.
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They do, here, everyday. Because of my bias towards T206s, there are two individuals whom I greatly appreciate when they post something new from their collections. I can only marvel at what they must have in their homes or safety deposit boxes, or somewhere. But they often show the stuff here, and don't make a deal out of calling it their collection. Its just stuff they happen to have, and a lot of us wish we had.
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